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Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Enrolments under PMMVY
The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana  with effect from 01.01.2017 with the objectives of  providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive, so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child; and  to improve health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers . PMMVY provides cash incentive of Rs. 5000/- directly to the bank/post office account of PW&LM. The eligible beneficiaries receive the remaining cash incentive, as per approved norms towards maternity benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana after institutional delivery, so that on an average a woman gets Rs. 6000/-. The salient features of PMMVY are at Annexure-I.
The PMMVY is a component under the sub-scheme 'Samarthya' of the newly launched 'Mission Shakti', an umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women. The revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti now also aims to promote positive behavioral change towards girl child by providing additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.
The following changes in the salient features of PMMVY have been introduced with effect from 01.04.2022 with the launch of new Mission Shakti:
- The scheme is to provide maternity benefits to women belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society;
- The maternity benefit is to be provided to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl;
- For the first child the maternity benefit of ₹5000 is provided in two instalments under PMMVY and the beneficiary is also entitled to receive the cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana  after institutional delivery so that on an average ,a women gets ₹6000
- For the second child, the benefit of ₹6000 is to be provided subject to second child is a girl child, in one installment after the birth;
- The beneficiary's husband’s Aadhaar is not mandatory for availing the benefits under the Scheme;
- Cases of miscarriage/still births are to be treated as fresh cases for providing maternity benefit under the scheme.
Since inception of the Scheme, more than 2.89 crore PW&LM have been enrolled and ₹11,217.39 crore has been disbursed as on 15.07.2022. The State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries enrolled, number of beneficiaries provided maternity benefits and total amount disbursed during the last five years and the current financial year till 15.07.2022 is at Annexure-II.
The funds under PMMVY are released to States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds. Thus, State/UT-wise and city-wise allocations are not made under PMMVY. The State/UT-wise details of funds released under PMMVY during the last five years are at Annexure-III.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Annexure-I
Salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana 
- The maternity benefit is available to a woman for the first living child of family subject to fulfillment of conditionalities. All the pregnant women and lactating mothers in regular employment with Central Government or State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force, are excluded.
- The conditionalities and number of instalments under PMMVY are as under:
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Cash Transfer
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Conditions
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Amount in ₹
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First Installment
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- Early Registration of Pregnancy
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1,000/-
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Second Installment
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- Received at least one antenatal Check-up 
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2,000/-
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Third Installment
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- Child birth is registered
- Child has received first cycle of BCG, OPV, DPT and Hepatitis-B or its equivalent/substitute
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2,000/-
- Mother and Child Protection  Card is the verification tool for verification of fulfillment of conditionalities.
- Early registration of pregnancy has been considered as registration of pregnancy within 150 days from the date of her Last Menstrual Period  and duly recorded on MCP Card.
- All Pregnant Women who have registered their pregnancy for the first child in family on or after 01.01.2017 are eligible for getting benefit under the programme.
- The funds to the beneficiaries under PMMVY will be transferred directly to their Bank/Post Office account in Direct Benefit Transfer Mode.
- If a beneficiary delivers twins/triplet/quadruplet, it will be counted as first living child in the family.
- An eligible beneficiary can apply, at any point of time but not later than 730 days of pregnancy.
- The grants-in-aid are transferred in ESCROW Bank Account as well as State/UT treasury for different components of the scheme. For the maternity benefit component  is transferred to the Escrow Bank Account of the States/UTs and remaining components is through State/UT’s Treasury Account.
- At the Centre, the scheme is being implemented by Ministry of Women and Child Development. The States/UTs have option to implement the scheme either through Women & Child Development Department/Social Welfare Department or through Health & Family Welfare Department.